i had a black homeless man call me a nigger when i declined giving him alms as i sat at a red light with my windows down apparently i was obliged to him in some capacity because he called me a nigger im whiter than boo radley so i did the only thing that came to mind i lowered my sunglasses maintaining eye contact smiling ear to ear and slowly rolled up the window i can only imagine the colorful epithets that dribbled from his indigent lips as my partition of privilege separated us separate but equal that is